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First Speakers 2023

Meet our growing lineup for 2023

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Dr Burak Acilan
Dr Burak Acilan

Founder and CEO, ConcR GmbH

Carolin Ackermann
Carolin Ackermann

Co-Founder & CEO, SEAWATER Cubes

Adel Al-Saleh
Adel Al-Saleh

Board Member, Deutsche Telekom AG

Dana Aleff
Dana Aleff

CEO & Founder, Circonomit

Siw Andersen
Siw Andersen

CEO, Oslo Business Region

Mauro Arruda
Mauro Arruda

CEO, Smartia Ltd

Caro Aschemeier
Caro Aschemeier

CEO and Co-Founder, Deutschfuchs Gesellschaft für digitalen Unterricht

Katrin Bacic
Katrin Bacic

CEO, UNIO Enterprise

Gaurav Bajaj
Gaurav Bajaj

Founder and CEO, Solvo.ai

Alex Beck
Alex Beck

Founder, Clara

Alexandra Begue
Alexandra Begue

Innovation Leader, SAP

Károly Béres
Károly Béres

VP E-Mobility & Powertrain, Akkodis

Anjali Bhatnagar
Anjali Bhatnagar

CEO, Tørn

Cecilia Bonefeld-Dahl
Cecilia Bonefeld-Dahl

Director General, DIGITALEUROPE

Florian Bontrup
Florian Bontrup

CEO, DOCYET GmbH

Lukas Bosch
Lukas Bosch

Co-Founder, project bcause

Dr Sebastian Brandis
Dr Sebastian Brandis

Speaker of the Board, Stiftung Menschen für Menschen

Julio Brandl
Julio Brandl

CEO, AssistMe

Marco-Alexander Breit
Marco-Alexander Breit

Deputy Director-General for Artificial Intelligence, Data and Digital Technologies, Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action

Zarah Bruhn
Zarah Bruhn

Commissioner for Social Innovation, German Federal Ministry of Education and Research

Kathrin Brunner
Kathrin Brunner

Founder/MD, mYndstorm productions

Arlene Bühler
Arlene Bühler

CIO/CDO, DB Cargo AG

Tom Burke
Tom Burke

CEO, Haia

Kürşat
Kürşat Ceylan

Co-Founder & CPO, WeWALK

Dr Anna Christmann
Dr Anna Christmann

Commissioner for the Digital Economy and Start-ups, BMWK

Dr. Wing-Hin Chung
Dr Wing-Hin Chung

Head of Business and Talent Attraction / Investment Promotion, InvestHK

Sarah Coward
Sarah Coward

CEO & Co-Founder, In The Room

Sascha Dewald
Sascha Dewald

SVP Retail Banking , Deutsche Kreditbank AG

Jørgen Erdal
Jørgen Erdal

CEO, Evyon

Thomas Fell
Thomas Fell

CEO, GS1 Germany

Christoph Fleischmann
Christoph Fleischmann

Founder & CEO, Arthur Technologies

Martin Frick
Dr Martin Frick

Director, World Food Programme Global Office Germany, United Nations World Food Programme (WFP)

Vibeke Gwendoline Fængsrud
Vibeke Gwendoline Fængsrud

Founding CEO, House of Math AS

Jörg Gerbig
Jörg Gerbig

COO & Founder, Lieferando / Just Eat Takeaway

Manuel Gernsbeck
Manuel Gernsbeck

CEO , BentoNet

Laura Gertenbach
Laura Gertenbach

CEO, Innocent Meat

Dr Azadeh Ghahghaie
Dr Azadeh Ghahghaie

Director, SAP.iO

Frank Hahn
Frank Hahn

CEO, RAVE.SPACE

Fredrik Halmøy Wisløff
Fredrik Halmøy Wisløff

CEO, Findable

George Hancock
George Hancock

Co-Founder and CGO, OctaiPipe

Ronan Harris
Ronan Harris

EMEA President, Snap

Jasmin Hasel
Jasmin Hasel

Vice President, Executive Producer & European Operations, Scanline VFX

Namshith Hashim
Namshith Hashim

CEO, TestWorx

Susanne Haspinger
Susanne Haspinger

Co-Founder & COO, Holo-Light

Dr Annika Hauptvogel
Dr Annika Hauptvogel

Head of Technology and Innovation, Siemens AG

Beth Havinga
Beth Havinga

CEO, Connect EdTech

Dr Martin Heinig
Dr Martin Heinig

Head of New Ventures & Technologies and MD SAP Labs Berlin, SAP

Dr. Niklas Hellemann
Dr Niklas Hellemann

CEO, SoSafe

Jessica Holzbach
Jessica Holzbach

Co-Founder & CEO, Pile Capital

Niklas Huppmann
Niklas Huppmann

Head of Germany, KAYRROS

Michal Kachel
Michal Kachel

CEO, The House of Code

Michael Kaiser
Michael Kaiser

CEO, Smart Systems Hub

Dr Bernhard Kalkbrenner
Dr Bernhard Kalkbrenner

Senior Manager, TUM / Digital Hub Mobility

Perry Klebahn
Perry Klebahn

Professor, Standford University

Dr. Diana Knodel
Dr Diana Knodel

Founder & CEO, fobizz

Hendrik Kramer
Hendrik Kramer

Co-Founder & CEO, Fernride

Christopher Kränzler
Christopher Kränzler

CEO, Lengoo

Daniel Krauss
Daniel Krauss

CIO and Co-Founder, Flix

Even Kvelland
Even Kvelland

Co-Founder & COO, Glint Solar

Friedrich Lämmel
Friedrich Lämmel

Co-Founder & CEO, Thryve

John Lennon
John Lennon

Founder, THRYVE

Dr Kai Lindow
Dr Kai Lindow

Director, Fraunhofer IPK

Henning Linn
Henning Linn

Global Director Solution Engineering, Unity Technologies

Simone Lis
Simone Lis

Founder, MatchlabN

Dr Caroline Löbhard
Dr Caroline Löbhard

CEO, Goldmarie Finanzen

Jan Luedtke
Jan Luedtke

Managing Director Via Germany, Austria, and Switzerland, Via Transportation

Dr Dirk Lüth
Dr Dirk Lüth

Co-Founder & Co-CEO / Chairman, Uplandme

Hanbing Ma
Hanbing Ma

Head of Innovation & Digital Transformation, ERGO Group

Solvor Magi
Solvor Magi

Founder & CEO, Lifeness

Eric Marre
Eric Marre

Co-Founder & CPO, aiConomix

James McLaughlin
James McLaughlin

Regional Director, UK Science and Innovation Network (SIN)

Gökhan Meriçliler
Gökhan Meriçliler

Co-Founder & CEO, WeWALK

Anna Franziska Michel
Anna Franziska Michel

CEO & Co-Founder, yoona.ai

Alexandra Mikityuk
Dr Alexandra Mikityuk

CEO, Staex

Ramak Molavi Vasse'i
Ramak Molavi Vasse'i

Digital Rights Advocate & Research Lead AI Transparency, The Law Technologist

Maria Möller
Maria Möller

Co-Founder & CEO, talking hands flipbooks

Martin K. Müller
Martin K. Müller

Member of the Executive Board, DekaBank

Tony Nitschke
Tony Nitschke

CEO, Augmented Robotics

Jonas Nöhl
Jonas Nöhl

Founder, UPUCATE

Alexander Nouak
Alexander Nouak

Managing Director, Fraunhofer ICT Group

Paul Patras
Paul Patras

CEO & Co-founder, Net AI

Maria Piechnick
Maria Piechnik

Co-Founder, Wandelbots

Katrin Pietschmann
Katrin Pietschmann

Managing Director, Fielmann Ventures

Katja Richter
Katja Richter

General Manager/CFO, weeve

Dr Bernhard Rohleder
Dr Bernhard Rohleder

Co-Founder & CEO, Bitkom

Antoine Rostand
Antoine Rostand

Founder & CEO, Kayrros

Prof. Dr. Markus Roth
Prof. Dr. Markus Roth

Chief Science Officer, Focused Energy

Martin Säckl
Martin Säckl

Founder & CEO of Zero Waste, PACKAIR

Christian Schad
Christian Schad

General Partner / Co-Founder, Planet A Ventures

Irene Selvanathan
Irene Selvanathan

CEO & Founder, NEUROSPACE

Christine Serrette
Christine Serrette

Technical Vice Director, Federal Information Technology Center (ITZ Bund)

Dr.-Ing. Klaus Seywald
Dr.-Ing. Klaus Seywald

Head of Digital Products & Strategy, Volocopter

Johannes Simon
Johannes Simon

Managing Partner, MVP Factory

Dr Corinna Sinzig
Dr Corinna Sinzig

Director Venture Development, Next Big Thing AG

Ola Skavhaug
Ola Skavhaug

Founder and CFO, Expert Analytics

Norma Steller
Norma Steller

CPO, German Bionic

Ira Stoll
Ira Stoll

CEO, Co-Founder, Physician, myScribe

Miro Taphanel
Miro Taphanel

CEO, Gixel

Max Tayenthal
Max Tayenthal

Founder & Co-CEO , N26

Bayan Uralbayeva
Bayan Uralbayeva

CEO, Risk-Enterprise

Matthias Graf von Kielmansegg
Matthias Graf von Kielmansegg

Managing Director, Vodafone Stiftung Deutschland

Thomas von Wantoch
Thomas von Wantoch

Co-CEO & CFO, OQmented

Simon Wagnitz
Simon Wagnitz

General Manager, Kainos

Gunther Walden
Gunther Walden

Founder & CEO, CircularTree

Gesche Weger
Gesche Weger

Co-Founder & CEO, Packwise

Georges Welz
Georges Welz

CEO, Delos Cloud

Martin Wezowski
Martin Wezowski

Chief Futurist and Head of Future Hub, SAP New Ventures and Technologies

Hendrik Witt
Dr Hendrik Witt

Chief Product Officer, Teamviewer

Hans Magnus Wold
Hans Magnus Wold

Co-Founder & Chief Revenue Officer, Appfarm AS

Dr Phanthian Zuesongdham
Dr Phanthian Zuesongdham

Head of Division Port Process Solution / Lead Coordinator for smartPORT, Digital Maritime and Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS), Hamburg Port Authority AöR

Brigitte Zypries
Brigitte Zypries

Angel Investor, Former Minister of Economy